Paradigm Shift + Laboratory Maniac
Produces: Exile your library, Win the game
- Color identity
- U
- Mana
- {1}{U}
Prerequisites
You have no cards in your graveyard. You have a way to draw a card.
Steps
- Cast Paradigm Shift by paying {1}{U}, exiling your library and shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Draw a card, causing you to win the game due to drawing from an empty library.
How to execute this combo
The "Paradigm Shift + Laboratory Maniac" combo takes 2 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Exile your library, Win the game.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.